Usk Reservoir

Usk Reservoir
Location Wales
Coordinates 51°56′40″N 3°42′50″W / 51.94444°N 3.71389°WCoordinates: 51°56′40″N 3°42′50″W / 51.94444°N 3.71389°W
Type reservoir
Primary inflows River Usk
Primary outflows River Usk
Basin countries United Kingdom
Surface elevation 1,050 ft (320 m)

The Usk Reservoir is located in the upper Usk Valley, at 1,050 feet (320 m) above sea level, in Carmarthenshire, south Wales.

The reservoir is situated in part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Completed in 1955, the dam is approximately 100 ft (30m) in height and 1600 ft (480m) in width. It was the first example in the UK of an earth dam with horizontal drainage blankets.[1] The reservoir now covers some 280 acres (110 ha) of land. It can be located just off the minor road between Trecastle and Llanddeusant, 7 miles (11 km) west of Sennybridge.

On January 6, 2008 (Unofficially) a temperature of −16.5 °C (2.3 °F) was recorded nearby.

References

  1. ↑ Cragg, Roger, ed. (1986). Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales and West Central England. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-7277-2576-9.

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